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Llanharan Colliery
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| Location: | Llanharan 13½ miles [22 km] WNW of Cardiff |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 170 Vale of Glamorgan West) SS992824, 51° 31' 52" N, 3° 27' 12" W |
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| Owners: | Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries Ltd. | |
| Powell Duffryn Ltd. | |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. (200,150 tons) |
| Employment: | 1933 - 382 (336 below, 46 surface) |
| 1940 - 988 (858 below, 130 surface) | |
| 1947 - 648 (536 below, 112 surface) | |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 |  | Jones, Rhys, 06 Mar 1929, (accident: 04 Mar 1929), aged 53, Assistant repairer, In jumping clear to refuge hole from runaway tram — struck head against wall. Died 6th | ||||
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If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.
Those names marked with ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
Click on the symbol
next to the name to see the web page.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the
Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with .
The CMHRC is available here.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Llanharan Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Llanharan Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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